snorlax142857 Dude that would be awesome thank you!! <333
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I'll send you a pm when I'll have transferred the Clefairy, so we can coordinate a trade through GTS :)
Do you want me to nickname it (it will be a female)?
Moveset for a Trick Room Dialga nowadays?
(note: I haven't tested out Dialga much in Doubles Ubers or played the format much personally, this is just theoretically speaking based of the usage stats, viability rankings and damage calcs)
If it's for doubles, Telepathy is highly recommended over Pressure unless you're 100% sure you don't plan to run any moves like Discharge or Earyhquake on the other Pokemon in the party. Quiet is also the nature of choice where a speed IV of 0 is essential to at least tie with other Groudon and such in Trick Room. For EVs, 252 Sp.A and 252 HP seems good, but I haven't checked to see if shifting some EVs to the defenses would be beneficial. For the item, Adamant Orb, Dragonium Z (if running Draco Meteor), Groundinium Z (if running Earth Power) and Air Balloon all seem like decent options.
Dialga can set Trick Room, so that's a good first move. The rest would probably have to be a combination of Flash Cannon, Earth Power, Fire Blast, Draco Meteor, Protect, Dragon Pulse and Thunder. Flash Cannon and Dragon Pulse are nice reliable STAB that hit effectively all around. Earth Power helps hit PDon and Magearna well, especially with Groundinium-Z. Draco Meteor does quite a bit to PDon as well, especially with Dragonium-Z and has a chance to OHKO some Arceus forms with the Z-move. Protect is a no-braimer good move for any doubles format, it may not be as desirable as on other Pokemon if you just want your Dialga to set Trick Room and fire off strong attacks. But if your opponent has some obvious anti-trick room measures, it can be good to protect while they focus on Dialga. Fire Blast is an Alternative to Earth Power that hits Magearna a bit harder and also hits Bronzong. Thunder can be used against POgre and Ho-Oh.
With all that in mind, here's a set I would pick to at least give a shot for Doubles Ubers:
Dialga @ Dragonium Z
Ability: Telepathy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Flash Cannon
- Trick Room
So I take Bulk Up is a thing of the past? It was all over the previous Gen's sets when I checked for inspiration
I don't know, I just thought it didn't work well with Trick Room.
Hi TeeG, deposit anything on GTS asking for a lv.1-10 male Dratini and I'll send you one :)
Try this Giveaway later today
Thank you so much!
I put up a ralts with an ultra ball, and the message is “I want a Pokemon that is strong I. Pokémon battles” and my in game name is sterling. Thank you so much!!
Try leveling up the Dratini over the lv1-10 range if this keeps happening
Good idea, getting it over lv 20 should be enough :)
Hello! Does anyone happen to have access to meteor mash oblivia Deoxys? I looking for one if so and want to trade let me know :)
Does anyone have a breedject Riolu that knows Follow Me and Meteor Mash?
Would somebody be able to help my Silvally learn Set of? Maybe I can trade it to somebody who has USUM and you can tutor it for me?
Any potential uses for z-celebrate Meloetta?
Most likely. The nice Speed and natural special bulk can make Z-Celebrate quite worthwhile. For example, with Z-Celebrate, Meloetta can beat offensive Shaymin variants in a 1v1 if Shaymin doesn't get a drop in Sp.D with Seed Flare or a crit.
The option to instead use the Z-Move on a strong one-time Breakneck Blitz with Hyper Voice (or beam if you really want to commit to the idea of a choice between a stat-buff and one-time nuke) also sounds like it could come in handy in a pinch.
If we're comparing this Meloetta to other Celebrate/Happy Hour/such events, there aren't really any downsides to having Celebrate, because you're not dropping anything in favor of Celebrate, unlike Victini, Ho-Oh and Jirachi, which can't have Bolt Strike/Glaciate/Blue Flare, Regenerator and Heart Stamp respectively with the omni-boost Z-Move, along with other past gen/event moves
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